Launch Conference Germany

In Person
Location: Germany
Date: 08.03.2024
First, the work packages and goals of MESTRI-CE were presented in order to explain the three work

packages and the rough project direction.

In the input presentation by Richard Weller, several key questions of the MESTRI project were

mentioned. He did for example explain the problem, that some sustainable best practice building

owners decide not to get a certificate because of some criteria that doesn’t fit their possibilities.

Another focus of the input presentation was the crrem analysis which was also broadly discussed

with all participants.

Afterwards, all participants gave an overview of their background and possible connection to the

MESTRI projects. As most of the participants were local or regional authorities, their largest focus

was set on the smart data hub. The next activity was a detailed analysis of the financing methods

which are discussed within WP3. This analysis is summarized in the report about the national

roundtable session in WP3.

With the help of Johanna Jicha, the current status of the smart data hub was explained to the

network partners. This was mainly divided in two parts: The need analysis and the choice of a

collaboration partner. The following discussion included the connection between the hub and

CRREM method, other tool options and how the selection of collaboration tools was narrowed

down, a possible connection to municipal heat planning and then led to the question of data

availability. From their experience, some partners were sceptical about the possibility to get

continuous data and also to make the tool use friendly enough to make sure that all end users

keep it updated. One partner explained that they plan to create a similar tool that would be

directly linked to a facility management tool in order to ensure consistent information.

As the current state of the other two work packages is vaguer at this point, they were discussed

in a shorter way and with a focus on the upcoming steps. In the end, the participants got an

impression of their possible tasks as network members and the amount of participation that is

required in order to keep the network alive. In order to approach each network member with the

fitting activities, working groups for each work package were formed